That old adage — “to keep the home fires burning,” meaning to maintain a sustaining routine while others are away — is precisely what the men and women of Hope College Campus Safety have been doing since Hope formally shifted to remote operations. Yes, it’s extremely quiet around Hope right now. But Campus Safety personnel …
Author Archives: Eva Dean Folkert
Hope Helps Provide PPEs
The news is rife with stories about personal protective equipment (PPEs) being in short supply for the medical community. Masks, gloves and gowns are literal lifesavers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those supplies can also be found in abundance in collegiate research laboratories but at Hope, not any more. Much of the college’s …
Welcome to Keeping Hope!
This new blog is a place where you will find stories about how the people of Hope College are working, serving, learning and responding in this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 crisis. We hope that here you will find inspiration and comfort in the ways we are keeping hope alive in our communities and at …
New Book Offers Courageous Advice for a Daunting Time
Never in his wildest imagination could Dr. Daryl Van Tongeren, associate professor of psychology, have guessed that the release of his first book co-written with his wife, Sara, would come at time when their work would be pertinent to millions of people all at once. Never could he have known that The Courage to Suffer, …
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